Bernie Sanders

It was no surprise that Sanders, an independent, was against the deal. But Welch, a Democrat, was once perceived as a swing vote in shutdown talks.

A man accused of setting fire to the door of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Burlington office has been found mentally incompetent and unable to assist in his defense. A federal judge ordered that he be sent to a "suitable facility” to receive treatment.

Their statements, all issued Wednesday, came one day after a United Nations commission came to the same conclusion.

Beyond his endorsements of high-profile candidates, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said he's hoping to encourage younger and working class people to engage in the political process at all levels.

The well-known progressive from Vermont also used the event to boost two Democratic candidates for statewide office in Maine: former Senate President Troy Jackson, who is running for governor, and U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner.

At a rare in-person press conference in Burlington Monday morning, Sanders said his office estimates that 45,000 Vermonters will lose health coverage as a result of Medicaid cuts in the "Big Beautiful Bill" approved by Congress earlier this month.

The latest news leaves over $18 million in congressionally-approved federal funding for Vermont school districts still in limbo.

Even as education leaders cautiously celebrate the release of the pandemic aid, they are wringing their hands about yet another pot of money.

At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump. For now, Sanders stands alone as the only elected official willing — or perhaps able — to mount a national campaign to harness the fear and anger of the sprawling anti-Trump movement.

Senator Bernie Sanders, Attorney General Charity Clark, and Solicitor General Jonathan Rose talk about their efforts to curb Trump's agenda. Then, we hear from local author Nathaniel Ian Miller about his new novel.